Freja Academy is an association and an independent part of Freja Forum. The association has the objective to promote the NGOs to strengthen their role and work to be an important actor in the civil society, based on values of democracy and equal opportunities.

One of the tasks of the Freja Academy is to continuously educate and develop NGO members to increase the knowledge in different areas which will assure a strong and sustainable work for the future.

Freja Academy offers their members to choose between five parallel training sessions. After participating in one of session A-D, the participant will receive a certificate.

The aim of this session is to provide an overview of the real life experiences of the speakers to the audience on fundraising and project management. The session will enable the participants to understand the many complexities in fund raising for NGOs. It will also offer insights into some of the financing issues facing NGOs today.

Lecturer: Professor Carin Holmquist, PhD, Family Stefan Persson Chair in Entrepreneurship and Business Creation, Stockholm School of Economics

The aim of the session is to give an up-to-date overview of the scientific knowledge on women’s entrepreneurship. It also aims at providing participants with practical insight on how to use research results in their work. The session consists of lectures, discussions and case work. The content of the session is:

- mainstream entrepreneurship research, a short overview- research on women’s entrepreneurship – an overview- the addendum approach, the liberal view- the feminist approach, the radical view- discussion: women’s and men’s entrepreneurship – similarities and differences- discussion: the importance of the context for women’s entrepreneurship- case study: are women and men entrepreneurs treated differently by banks?